Source : WordNet®
orca
n : predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal
fin; common in cold seas [syn: {killer whale}, {killer},
{grampus}, {sea wolf}, {Orcinus orca}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Orca
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but
with support for distributed programming using shared data
objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data type removes the need for
pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba.
"Orca: A Language for Distributed Processing", H.E. Bal
et al, SIGPLAN Notices 25(5):17-24 (May 1990).